Financing for Solar Exit Consultants & Advocates
A homeowner who feels misled by a solar company is often ready for your guidance, then slows down when your advisory fee is due upfront. They are already wary of paying for anything solar-related, so the fee becomes the reason a client who needs help never starts.
Financing for solar exit consultants and advocates lets your clients pay your advisory or case-management fee in monthly payments, while you collect your full fee upfront through a multi-lender network. Financing becomes a natural part of the consultation, not a separate obstacle, and you never build or manage an in-house payment plan.
Collect your full advisory fee once the loan is funded, instead of collecting installments or carrying the client’s balance.
A single application reaches programs designed for prime, near-prime, and lower-credit profiles, so more of your clients qualify.
Eligible loans are non-recourse to your practice, so the lender, not you, manages the client’s repayment after funding.
Solar exit consultants and advocates guide homeowners through the process of leaving a problematic solar agreement. Rather than performing the physical or legal work themselves, they assess the situation, build the exit strategy, and coordinate the right providers, from a contract review to cancellation, dispute and settlement, or a buyout.
Your value is navigation and advocacy, so your fee is for expertise and case management rather than materials or labor. That is exactly the kind of fee a burned homeowner hesitates to pay in one lump sum, and exactly where financing keeps the client moving forward.
Getting set up is simple and just takes minutes. Most consultants have platform access and can offer a monthly payment on their next consultation within about one business day.
| Stage | What You Do |
|---|---|
Step 1Enroll Your Practice | Provide your business information in a short enrollment. |
Step 2Receive Platform Access | Get your branded application link and partner portal through a guided setup, usually within one business day. |
Step 3Introduce Financing | Present a monthly payment as a natural part of the consultation, and track each application in real time from your portal. |
Your client applies for third party financing directly, so you are never acting as a lender or a bank.
| Stage | What Happens |
|---|---|
Step 1Start the Application | The client follows your financing link and starts a mobile-friendly prequalification in about 60 seconds. |
Step 2Submit Information | The client completes the application and identity verification. Prequalification uses a soft credit pull that does not affect their score. |
Step 3Review Options | If approved, the client reviews the payment terms offered across participating lenders and picks what fits their budget. |
Step 4Choose to Proceed | The client accepts an offer, and once funding is completed you are paid your full fee upfront and can begin the engagement. |
Financing may be used for eligible professional services associated with assessing, planning, and coordinating a solar exit. Available amounts and terms are determined by participating lenders based on the applicant and the requested transaction.
Finance an initial assessment that maps the homeowner’s situation and recommends an exit path.
Finance your advisory retainer to guide the homeowner through the full exit from start to resolution.
Finance ongoing coordination across review, cancellation, dispute, buyout, and removal providers.
Finance support for preparing complaints and advocating with providers, lenders, and agencies.
Finance the assessment, retainer, and full case management together as one monthly payment.
Finance your fee together with the review, cancellation, buyout, or removal costs you coordinate.
Examples and ranges are illustrative and do not guarantee eligibility or approval. Eligible services, loan amounts, rates, fees, and terms are determined by participating lenders and may vary.
Financing keeps the process moving and helps eliminate ‘sticker shock’. The client chooses a monthly payment while you keep your full fee, collect it at funding, and leave repayment to the lender.
Present financing as one of your standard ways to pay, not as a reaction to a client hesitating on price.
The payment method a client chooses affects when you get paid, who manages repayment, and how much administrative work you carry after they sign.
| Payment Method | When You Get Paid | Who Manages Repayment | Admin Overhead | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Exit Financing | Upfront on loan completion | The lender | Low | Advisory retainers and case management |
| Pay in Full | Right away | Not applicable | Low | Clients with cash on hand |
| Credit Card | After payment processing | Client and card issuer | Low | Smaller fees on available credit |
| Your Own Billing Plan | Over time | You | High | Short arrangements you manage yourself |
The difference: Financing gives clients another way to pay while you collect your full fee at funding, with no long-term balance to carry or collections to manage.
Figures are illustrative. Actual approval, loan amounts, rates, terms, and payments are determined by the participating lender.
Offer monthly payment options, reduce stalled decisions, and collect your advisory fee upfront without managing an in-house payment plan.
Clients apply directly through the financing process and may be asked for information about identity, income, and credit history. Available options, approval requirements, rates, fees, and repayment terms are determined by the lender.
Most financing uses installment payments, where the loan is repaid in scheduled amounts over a set period. The CFPB explains how personal installment loans typically work.
Prequalification uses a soft credit pull that does not affect the client’s score, and a hard inquiry happens only if they proceed with an offer. Once financing and funding requirements are completed, your payout is disbursed according to your agreement. Always follow the funding and delivery requirements provided by the financing provider.
The loan agreement is between the client and the lender. For an eligible non-recourse loan, the lender handles servicing and collection, not you, and your upfront payment is not clawed back.
Your engagement agreement should explain how you handle added work, such as expanding an assessment into full case management. A change in your service does not automatically change the client’s financing agreement.
State your cancellation, refund, and unearned-fee policies clearly in the engagement agreement. Any refund or financing adjustment should follow that agreement, applicable law, and the financing provider’s requirements.
Present financing as an optional payment method, avoid promising approval or quoting unapproved loan terms, and use the disclosures and marketing language authorized by the financing provider. You do not make lending decisions and should direct loan-specific questions to the participating lender. Present your service clearly as advisory, consulting, or advocacy based on the work you actually provide, and avoid presenting guidance as legal advice unless you are properly qualified.
Client financing tends to be a strong fit if you advise, coordinate, or advocate for homeowners leaving solar agreements and regularly lose clients who need help but hesitate at the upfront fee.
Whether you run a solo advisory practice or a small consulting group, financing removes an affordability barrier without forcing you to discount your expertise or carry the client’s balance. You can also see every program we offer across the solar exit financing solutions your clients may need.
Solar Exit Financing helps consultants and advocates add monthly payment options to the client process they already use. Present your exit plan and fee, introduce financing during the consultation, share the application link, and begin the engagement after funding is confirmed. You stay focused on guiding the client while participating lenders handle underwriting, loan terms, servicing, and repayment.
Give clients more ways to pay, reduce stalled decisions, and collect your fee upfront without managing an in-house payment plan.
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Important: Solar Exit Financing is not a lender and does not make credit decisions. Financing is provided by participating third-party lenders and is subject to eligibility, underwriting, approval, applicable terms, and provider requirements. Advisory or advocacy services are not legal advice unless provided by a qualified professional, and offering financing does not guarantee any exit result or outcome. This page is provided for general informational purposes only.
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common questions answered
Customer financing for roofing contractors is a point-of-sale program that lets a homeowner pay for a roofing job in monthly installments while your business is paid its full fee upfront. You present a monthly payment on the quote, the customer applies through a multi-lender network, and you are funded once the loan completes.
Yes. You collect the full contract value once the customer's loan is completed, typically within 2-3 business days, so your payout lands before you order materials or schedule the job. There is no receivable to carry and no installments to chase, and exact timing depends on the lender and the completeness of the closing documents.
Customers can finance any solar-related roof job from about $1,000 up to $50,000. That includes detach and reset for re-roofing, full re-roofs with solar present, storm and insurance-gap work, repairs around existing panels, roof upgrades before a panel reinstall, and complete removal-and-roof bundles. If a job involves a roof and a solar system in the same conversation, it can usually be financed, with amounts and terms set by the lender.
One application is routed across prime, near-prime, and second-look lender tiers, so more customers receive an offer than with a single bank. Each homeowner prequalifies with a soft credit pull that does not affect their credit score and sees their exact monthly payment before committing, so there is no risk to the customer in checking.
Handle it as a change order. If the scope grows after approval, the funding amount can be updated before the extra work proceeds, so you are not covering it out of pocket. Coordinate the revised amount with the lender before you complete the change, and keep your contract clear on how change orders and hidden-condition repairs are priced.
For eligible non-recourse loans, no. The repayment agreement is between the customer and the lender, so if the customer misses payments the lender handles servicing and collection, not you, and your upfront payment is not clawed back. Confirm the specific non-recourse terms with the lender before relying on them.
